Word: faceting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overwhelming feeling seems to be loss of control in every facet of life. Certainly, the brass was not in charge. The stories of incompetence at the front are almost as excruciating to read as to live through--the deaths of 1000 Americans by "friendly fire" in Vietnam seem more than understandable after reading this book. Perhaps even worse, however, was the real leadership of the war in Washington, which comes across as genuinely evil, pathologically, maybe even intentionally inept, driven by what it wanted to see and not what was there. We didn't understand Asian society--not its structure...
...this low-key, unpretentious approach to swimming, coupled with the all-important win or lose, parental support that has made the Rapps such standouts--both inside and out of the pool. Swimming is treated as just one facet of the family's life, and goal setting and goal achieving are viewed as two incidental lessons that will enrich later years...
Although it looks better than Princeton's on paper, the Crimson's 16-for-23 foul-shooting, more than any other facet of the game, hurt the Harvard cause. Crimson shooters--who lead the league in free throw percentage--missed the front end of a one-and-one situation three times in the last eight minutes of regulation time, just as they were struggling to gain decisive control of the game...
...force would destroy what is left of détente, accelerate the U.S.-Soviet arms race and damage Soviet prestige in the East bloc and the Third World. Relations with the incoming Reagan Administration might never thaw. Said a U.S. State Department official: "There is no facet of international affairs in which the Soviets would not lose." Western economic reprisals would be swift and painful; the European allies, which had little taste for the Afghanistan embargoes imposed by the U.S., would be far more responsive concerning Poland. Sales of grain and sophisticated technology to the Soviets might well be shelved...
Characteristically, he played all the notes of that theme at a lunch with Republican Senators and Congressmen. The President-elect spoke of the desire of voters for "an America that serves them and doesn't interfere with every facet of their lives," then added with a grin, "If I keep on with this I'll be making a campaign speech, and I don't want to do that!" He pledged that "you won't have to always wait to come to the White House because there will be a number of occasions when...